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Douglas Carpenter

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50. yeah,remember how he shilled for Romney in 2012?

Tue Apr 1, 2014, 03:04 PM

Apr 2014

The Fivethirtyeight.com analyst, despite being pilloried by the pundits, outdid even his 2008 prediction. In that year, his mathematical model correctly called 49 out of 50 states, missing only Indiana (which went to Obama by 0.1%.)

This year, according to all projections, Silver's model has correctly predicted 50 out of 50 states. A last-minute flip for Florida, which finally went blue in Silver's prediction on Monday night, helped him to a perfect game.

http://mashable.com/2012/11/07/nate-silver-wins/

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yeah,remember how he shilled for Romney in 2012? Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #50

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